C25K graduate :)

[bongo_bongo]

I graduated this morning, by completing the final run of week 9 and I am proud of this achievement.

I will keep on running three or four times a week for half-an-hour. I otherwise wonder where to take this (running for longer, further, faster? 10K, 20K?) but I will stick to that routine for the time being.

[Ullyrunner Graduate]

Congratulations! Whatever you decide to go for enjoy your running!

[ridingstar Graduate]

Congratulations enjoy your graduation day and don't forget to apply for your badge. Sticking to 30 mins while you consolidate it is a good plan, next work to 5k as most are no where near that when they graduate ! Happy running

[tara-j Graduate]

Well done!! Have you thought about building up to parkrun? It could be a good target.

[JoolieB1 Graduate]

Fantastic, well done. I graduated 8 weeks ago and started running 30 mins X 3 times a week. As I was feeling good, increased it to once a week doing parkrun (so 5K) and now I run 3 X 5k a week - it just builds naturally and as long as you make sure ur legs are ok, keep going!

[Jeleybelly Graduate]

congratulations and celebrations!

new running kit as a reward?!

[poppypug Graduate]

Congratulations on your Graduation !

Dont forget to ask for your badge

Happy Running to you ! xxx

[bongo_bongo Graduate]

Thank you all! I wasn't aware there was a graduation badge, which is neat where can I get it from? And what is parkrun?

[poppypug Graduate in reply to bongo_bongo]

If you click on the blue pinned posts on the right hand side under November 2015 Graduate Badge , you just need to write a post saying that you have completed .

parkrun is fantastic ! Its a free, timed 5k run for all ages and abilities held every Saturday at 9am throughout the UK.

You can check out the parkrun website to register . Have fun ! xxx

[bongo_bongo Graduate in reply to poppypug]

Thank you! I will have a look at it, it sounds fun. I still think I need to build up more stamina to do it but I am going to be running 3 times a week henceforth so it should come naturally.

[bongo_bongo Graduate]

While I can run for 30 minutes, I don't run 5K over that length of time, far from it! So to do this parkrun, I would have to build either more stamina to run for longer or/and more speed.

[Jeleybelly Graduate]

You don't need to wait, you can run/walk it - or even just walk it, but its a good atmosphere to run in.

[bongo_bongo Graduate in reply to Jeleybelly]

OK, I didn't know, I thought you had to run throughout the race.

[AncientMum Graduate]

Many many congratulations

[Tomas Graduate]

Yay, congratulations! That's great.

[davelinks Graduate]

Well done! You can do parkrun now, I first did it at w6, of course I couldn't run 5k then, run/walk, you can do it how you like, no pressure, great fun!